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Welcome to Townieville, Population: You

Time was, living in Somerville required an excuse. Something along the lines of “we wanted to buy, but couldn’t get the space we wanted anywhere else” or “I just love Inman, so why pay more for the Cambridge side?”

Not so, these days, where from Davis to Union Square, the only thing changing at the town line is the color of the street signs.

Of course, there’s still those other parts of Somerville; you know far from the T and the yuppies and the Starbucks. I hear you might run into someone who works in an auto shop, or maybe even who doesn’t speak English! And even the mayoral candidates are involved in the drug trade. Better add hours a week and hundreds of dollars a year onto your commute to be further from the places you visit every day.

Returning to reality, these “bad” things are only as scary as you make them. Fact of the matter is, in “Townie” Somerville, gorgeously refurbished Victorians (see right, from Adams Street) are selling well and for entirely reasonable prices. Surrounded by funky little business like Daniel Maher Stained Glass and True Grounds coffee house, these places are steals, and just a ten minute cab ride from downtown Boston.

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